Stovepipe-joint



W. LEVIN. STOVEPIPE JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY28, 1911.

1,325,949. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

WALTER LEVIN, 0F SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.

STOVEPIPE-J'OINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed May 28, 1917. Serial No. 171,475.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WALTER LEVIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of.

the city of Superior, county of Douglas, and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe- Joints, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stove pipe sections, and has for its object the provision of an improved construction of this character whereby stove pipe sections may be readily fitted together and locked in such joined condition. 7

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter deing adapted to'fit over the end of section 4 and being split at 6 to permit of expansion and contraction of said overfitting portion. A securing lip 7 is secured to the pipe sec tion 5 at one side of the split 6 and a securing strap 8 is secured to said section at the other side of the split, the'lip 7 being slotted to receive the strap 8 as shown. Lip 7 and strap 8 are provided with hooks adapted to be insorted through slits on either side of the.

split as shown. The strap 8 is made-of thin,

pliable metal and is adapted to be bent upon itself as shown, to lock the parts in contracted condition. Repeated bending of the strap 8 will break the same and in order to provide for the ready replacement of said strap, I indicate the same by means of a key hole slot and headed stud connection 8, as

indicated. The outer ipe section 5 is provided with annular loc king beads 9 and 10 arranged to interlock with similar beads 11 and 12 on the inner section 4, so that when said pipe sections are fitted together with said beads interlocking and the strap 8 is secured through the lip 7 to secure the outer section in contracted condition about the inner section, the two sections will be positively locked together against separation.

While'I have illustrated and described the preferred'form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A stove pipe joint comprising two stove pipe sections, one fitting over the other, the outer section being longitudinally split for expansion and contraction, and there being a slit formed therein on each side of said split; a securing member in the form of a flat metal strip provided adjacent one end with a slot and having a hook at its other end adapted to engage loosely through one of the slits in said outer section; and a pliable securing member arranged at one end .to be passedthrough the slot in the other securing member and bent upon itself, the other end thereof being provided with a hook adapted to engage loosely through the corresponding slit in said outer section, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. WALTER LEVIN. Witnesses:

B. MnsHoRER, A. H. STEIN. 

